Federal soldiers pass through Fairfax on their way to war games held at
Manassas (@25,000 U. S. Army and National Guard troops replicated the
strategic maneuvers of the 2nd Battle of Manassas as crowds of
sightseers look observe

Wednesday, March 07, 1906

Washington & Old Dominion Railroad begins operation to Difficult
Run, near Great Falls

Thursday, June 04, 1908

Susan Reviere Hetzel of Clifton, Va. Dies. One of the organizers of the
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Monday, July 11, 1910

U. S. Army Corps of Engineers purchases former Belvoir estate. New post
is named Camp A. A. Humphries, later changed to Fort Belvoir

Wednesday, May 31, 1911

McLean Post Office Established

Monday, October 18, 1915

Will of Martha Washington returned to Clerk of Fairfax County Circuit
Court after a 52 year sojourn

Thursday, March 22, 1917

Fire destroy’s much of the Town of Herndon's Business District

Tuesday, September 28, 1920

Annandale Grange organized (Unit #737 of the Patrons of Husbandry

Saturday, October 09, 1920

Great Falls Grange organized (Unit #738 of the Patrons of Husbandry

Thursday, September 01, 1921

Annandale Grange (Unit #737 of the Patrons of Husbandry) receives its
charter

Saturday, January 28, 1922

“Knickerbocker Snow” of 1922. @26" of wet snow blankets the region.
The heavy accumulation collapses the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater
in Washington, killing 98 and injuring 133.

Wednesday, September 06, 1922

First meeting of the Fairfax County School Board

Friday, April 17, 1925

Invitation to join newly formed Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
published in the Fairfax Herald.

Saturday, June 26, 1926

War Memorial Monument (WW I) dedicated on the Fairfax Courthouse lawn
by the Fairfax County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution

Friday, May 27, 1927

Monument erected near Fairfax Circle to commemorate the capture of Pvt.
Peyton Anderson, first confederate soldier wounded in the Civil War.

Dickey’s Tavern burns, last original building from Town of
Matildaville.

Wednesday, December 06, 1950

Fairfax County Park Authority created

Wednesday, June 13, 1951

U. S. Department of Justice posts a notice at the Burke Post Office
announcing its intention to condemn 4520 ac. to build an international
airport for Washington, D. C.

Tuesday, January 01, 1952

First meeting of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors under the
County Executive form of Government. Mr. G. W. Carper elected Chairman,
Mrs. Edna A. Bicksler appointed Clerk of the Board, and Mr. Carlton C.
Massey appointed County Executive.

University College of the University of Virginia (later George Mason
College) opens at Baileys Crossroads

Thursday, September 03, 1959

“Ossian Hall” is burned as a training exercise by the Annandale
Volunteer Fire Department

Tuesday, December 01, 1959

Sully Plantation leased to Fairfax County Park Authority

Saturday, December 12, 1959

University College renamed George Mason College

Wednesday, September 28, 1960

19 black students enroll at 8 previously all white Fairfax County
schools

Saturday, October 15, 1960

Plaque honoring Fairfax County men killed in WW II and Korea added to
the War Memorial Monument, Fairfax County Courthouse.

Monday, February 06, 1961

Fairfax Hospital opens ½ hour early, due to early arrival of baby.

Saturday, June 24, 1961

W. T. Woodson retires after 32 years as Superintendent of Fairfax
County Public Schools

Friday, June 30, 1961

Town of Fairfax becomes a City of the 2nd Class by order of the Fairfax
County Circuit Court

Saturday, April 21, 1962

City of Fairfax takes control of Fairfax City Cemetery

Monday, November 19, 1962

Dulles International Airport opens

Monday, December 10, 1962

The Headquarters Library in Fairfax has been designated and posted as a
public fall-out shelter for approximately 400 persons; responsibility
for supplying the shelter with food, medical and other facilities rests
with the Civil Defense officials.

Monday, August 17, 1964

Last section of Capital Beltway (Rte. 495) formally opened

Wednesday, December 09, 1964

First family (Samuel & Katie Furcrum of Waterview) moves into
Reston

Wednesday, September 08, 1965

First day of class for completely desegregated Fairfax County Public
Schools

Monday, September 20, 1965

Regular classes begin at Northern Virginia Technical College (later
Northern Virginia Community College

Saturday, January 29, 1966

Blizzard of 1966. 12" - 24" of snow followed by winds up to 50
mph create drifts 10' high

Saturday, May 21, 1966

Official Dedication of Reston held at Lake Anne Plaza.

Friday, April 14, 1967

Northern Virginia Community College graduates its first class

Monday, August 07, 1967

Ground broken for Massey Building

Thursday, July 25, 1968

Tysons Corner Mall opens

Wednesday, September 04, 1968

BOS adopts Fair Housing Ordinance

Monday, September 09, 1968

Fairfax County opens new Kindergarten program, 8000 children enrolled

Wednesday, December 10, 1969

Flag raised for the first time at the Massey Building

Monday, March 15, 1971

George J. Kelley, Jr. assumes post of County Executive upon the
retirement of Carlton C. Massey

Thursday, July 01, 1971

Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts opens

Wednesday, March 01, 1972

George Mason University created by Virginia General Assembly

Friday, March 02, 1973

Skyline Towers collapse, Baileys Crossroads, Va.

Sunday, April 01, 1973

Tornado touches down three times in central Fairfax County damaging
homes in Middleridge Subdivision and the Zion Drive area and tearing
the roof from Pickett Shopping Center. Extensive property damage, but
only two serious injuries

Dr. James M. Buchanan, Jr. (1919- ), George Mason University, awarded
the Nobel Prize in Economics "for his development of the
contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and
political decision-making."

Monday, December 31, 1990

Richard A. King made acting County Executive upon the resignation of J.
Hamilton Lambert

Monday, May 27, 1991

Plaque honoring Fairfax County men killed in Vietnam added to the War
Memorial Monument, Fairfax County Courthouse.

Sunday, May 12, 1992

BOS is one of the last agencies to move into the new Fairfax County
Government Center

Saturday, June 08, 1992

BOS holds its first meeting in the Fairfax County Government Center

Saturday, July 04, 1992

Official opening of the Fairfax Museum and Vistors Center.

Tuesday, September 01, 1992

William J. Leidinger appointed County Executive

Friday, June 21, 1996

Olympic Flame carried through Fairfax County on its way to the Summer
Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

Monday, July 01, 1996

Alan G. Merton takes office as the fifth president of George Mason
University.

Monday, October 28, 1996

Anthony H. Griffin made acting County Executive upon the firing of
William J. Leidinger

Monday, June 09, 1997

Robert J. O’Neill, Jr. appointed County Executive.

Monday, November 22, 1999

Anthony H. Griffin appointed County Executive, to become effective Jan.
15, 2000.